Resources

Websites

• The Institute of Play

• Minecraft.edu

• Lucid Learning

Games to Try

• SimCity EDU

• Minecraft

• Gone Home

Video Game Vocabulary

• Video Game Vocabulary, Jargon, and Slang

• Gamer Lingo: Understanding Online Games

• The Video Game Critics Glossary of Video Game Terms

Badging

• Credly

• Open Badges

• Class Badges

• A Teacher's Guide to Badges in Education

• Notes on Badging and Achievements for Adult Professional Development

Twitter Users with Game Focus

• • Jane McGonigal (@avantgame)

Just for Fun

• Make Your Own Achievements

  • Do You Want to Date My Avatar?

Articles

• How Video Games Can Change the World, One Child at a Time

  • Why Alice Monroe Should Read Gone Home: The Video Game as Story and Experience [Gone Home]

  • Why Gone Home is So Immersive [Gone Home]

  • Why Gone Home Deserves a Place in Your Teenagers English Curriculum [Gone Home]

  • Super Girl [Jane McGonigal]

  • Adventures with Dr. Smallz [Game Based Learning]

  • Portraits of Gamers Next to Their Avatars [Avatars]

• Games at Text

  • Denmark Recreated Their Entire Country in Minecraft [Minecraft]

  • Should Teachers Use Minecraft in their Classrooms? [Minecraft]

Videos

• Gamification and Game Based Learning